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The two-or-more sport athlete thing requires a consumption of PED that isn't healthy.

Duel is very good.

"Just because we're bereaved, doesn't make us saps!"

Imagine rooting for the people who did Bucha and Mariupol

How do they play in those wooden shoes? [edit: I intended to make this about how when I was put into holding in a jail in Texas -- for speeding while my car had a Michigan license plate -- i witnessed that the general population prisoners had wooden clogs. I now see that isn't what happens anymore because there is a special "inmate shoe company" that makes cheap clogs for them which do not include metal shanks. Basically, the Texas penal system is gross]

Walter Sobchak is John Millius

I don't know why Raising Arizona didn't hit with me. I know many who love the film. I also don't know why I liked or appreciated is better term for it, Barton Fink. I think the scene in The Simpsons where Milhouse and a bunch of other kids are off to see a movie and Bart can't go start chanting "Barton Fink! Barton Fink!" amuses me to no end.

Now Taika Waititi Eagle vs Shark (DNS) Boy (DNS) What We Do in the Shadows (DNS) Hunt for the Wilderpeople (DNS) Thor: Ragnarok !!! Jojo Rabbit !!!! Thor: Love and Thunder (DNS and would never see) Next Goal Wins (DNS)

Alfonso Cuaron Sólo con tu pareja (DNS) A Little Princess (DNS) Great Expectations (DNS) Y tu mamá también (DNS) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (DNS) Children of Men !!!! Gravity !!!! Roma (DNS) The lattest one was 2018...what has he been up to: Seriously? Why nothing since 2018?

Next up The Cohen Brothers Blood Simple (DNS) Raising Arizona !! Miller's Crossing !! Barton Fink !!!! (an allegory for World War II) The Hudsucker Proxy !!! ("you know, for kids!" Fargo !!!! The Big Lebowski !!!! O Brother, Where Art Thou? !!! The Man Who Wasn't There (DNS) Intolerable Cruelty !! The Ladykillers (DNS - didn't look good) No Country for Old Men !!! (One of the greatest villains in movies...I wanted everyone to live happily ever after, I guess we don't get that in Cormac McCarthy) Burn After Reading ! (could have been so much better. Manic, too frenetic, too spastic) A Serious Man (DNS) True Grit (DNS) Inside Llewyn Davis (DNS) Hail, Caesar! (DNS) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (DNS) Wow, i'm really selling the Cohen Bros later movies short

My wife adds to the Once Upon a Time comment “Nah , it was dumber than that!”

Tarantino: Past Midnight (DNS) Reservoir Dogs. !!! True Romance. !! Pulp Fiction !!!!! (the diner scene at the end is pure magic) Jackie Brown !! Kill Bill: Volume 1 !!!! Kill Bill: Volume 2 !! Grindhouse: Death Proof (enough with the feet) !! Inglourious Basterds !!!! (the bar scene is worthy of his best stuff) Django Unchained !!! The Hateful Eight (DNS) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood !!!! ("That sounds like a great idea, Kato" -- which I enjoyed because it pissed off the PRC government)

Fincher's career has really tailed off. I would like to see him get back to the vision of Seven and Fight Club.

Dan Dickerson call is very fine

Zack Attack!

according to Dan and Andy...the replay wasn't that clear.

I did this with a co-worker and he made me go "Da doy" because I left off: Tarantino Cohen Brothers Alphonse Cuaron Taika Watiti Spielberg

If the Bear doesn't win a lot of emmy's then something else amazing happened I need to know about.

Ok, lets compare five directors who I think are the best not named Scorsese making movies today. Or tell me who you would go out of your way to see a movie made by them. Nolan, Villaneuve, Wright, Fincher, Mendes...who else? maybe I could add Spike Lee. Possibly Oliver Stone. It doesn't appear Terry Gilliam is making movies anymore. My rating based on me seeing it and how good I thought it was: ! - worth seeing, !! - good definitely see it. !!! - you will think this is really good and will think about this movie after seeing it !!!! - You might name a kid after a character in this movie or at least foolishly make passwords using names of characters from this movie. !!!!! - best thing they have done and a movie that will weigh heavily in the culture for generations Christopher Nolan Following (1998) Memento (2000) -- !!! Insomnia (2002) ! Batman Begins (2005) !! The Prestige (2006) !!! The Dark Knight (2008) !!! Inception (2010) !!!! The Dark Knight Rises (2012) !! Interstellar (2014) !!! Dunkirk (2017) !! Tenet (2020) ! Oppenheimer (2023) !!!! Denis Villaneuve 1998 August 32nd on Earth Yes Yes No 2000 Maelström Yes Yes No 2009 Polytechnique Yes Yes No 2010 Incendies Yes Yes No 2013 Prisoners Yes No No Enemy Yes No No 2015 Sicario Yes No No 2016 Arrival Yes No No 2017 Blade Runner 2049 Yes No No 2021 Dune Yes Yes Yes 2023 Dune: Part Two seen by me: Sicario !!! Arrival !!! Blade Runner 2049: !!! Dune: !!!! (Dune: part two is next project) Edger Wright Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 1995 A Fistful of Fingers Yes Yes Yes 2004 Shaun of the Dead Yes Yes No Co-written with Simon Pegg 2007 Hot Fuzz Yes Yes No Co-written with Simon Pegg 2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Yes Yes Yes Co-written with Michael Bacall 2013 The World's End Yes Yes Executive Co-written with Simon Pegg 2017 Baby Driver Yes Yes Executive 2021 Last Night in Soho (next project is a remake of 1987's Arnold Schwarzenegger's The Running Man) Seen by me: Shaun of the Dead: !! Hot Fuzz: !! Scott Pilgrim vs. the World !!! The World's End: !!! Baby Driver: !!!! Last night in Soho: !! David Fincher Directed features Year Title Distributor 1992 Alien 3 20th Century Fox 1995 Seven New Line Cinema 1997 The Game PolyGram Filmed Entertainment 1999 Fight Club 20th Century Fox 2002 Panic Room Sony Pictures Releasing 2007 Zodiac Paramount Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2010 The Social Network Sony Pictures Releasing 2011 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2014 Gone Girl 20th Century Fox 2020 Mank Netflix 2023 The Killer (next project is The Killer based on a graphic novel) Seen by me: Alien 3: Seven: !!! The Game: !! Fight Club: !!!!! (that's his career zenith) Panic Room: !! Zodiac: !! The Social Network: !!! Gone Girl (why did he make this?) !! Sam Mendes Year Film Director Producer Writer 1999 American Beauty Yes No No 2002 Road to Perdition Yes Yes No 2005 Jarhead Yes No No 2008 Revolutionary Road Yes Yes No 2009 Away We Go Yes No No 2012 Skyfall Yes No No 2015 Spectre Yes No No 2019 1917 Yes Yes Yes 2022 Empire of Light Yes Yes Yes Seen by me: American Beauty: (not worth going out of your way to see) Jarhead: !!! Skyfall: !!! Spectre ! (maybe a ! minus) 1917: !!!

First Nolan movie since the Batman movies. I'd bet Memento or Insomnia would be weird on that screen

I can imagine the bomb test scene would be a "wow" in an IMAX theater and some of the scenery of New Mexico might be similarly amazing but, you probably should save your gas.

Episode 7 of The Bear Season 2 (the Christmas episode) is a grind. My wife and I had to hug it out to calm our PTSD. EDIT: This is episode 6 i am referring to. Episode 7 is very good and features Olivia Coleman.

Saw about half of the first episode. I wouldn't describe this as landmark television worthy of cancelling your plans for whatever night its on. I'll try to power through that episode tonight. I'm not sure this is worth the effort. Basically, there have not been good Detroit depictions in TVs and Movies since The Great and Powerful Oz which was metaphorically about Detroit.

My observation is this is the first Nolan movie i can say that doesn't benefit too much from IMAX. The smaller theater I saw it in was just fine.